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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-03-25
after breakfast. Any fancy color may
he used thE. ~ -. s. . .I1 u.
Eggs Cheaper Than beef,

1t would be wise if people in general
would substitute more eggs IN the
place OF meat in their daily diet than
they do, for it would be not only
more palatable but, if anything,
cheaper than beef, taking it pound for
pound. For instance in the summer,
when eggs are worth ten to twelve
cents dozen, and beef is worth ten
to twelve cents per pound,it is easily
seen that in weight surely the eggs are
the cheapest, for one dozen OF ordi-
nary sized eggs will weigh at least q
pound and half, which at ten cents
per dozen would be six and tn O. thirds
cents per pound against ten to twelve
for beef. OF course in winter it is diff
ferent, but even then there is not
much difference, and it would be
much better for all concerned if
the eggs were used more uni
versally. A boiled egg is very
clean. delicious morsel, and is useful
as a brain nourishing food, because
OF the amount or PHOSPHORUS it con-
tains. To be sure eggs are valuable
and very handy for the farmer to
take to town and sell for cash or
trade for provisions, but he should
never stint his own supply, and it
would bemuch better If hewould use all
he needs at home, instead OF paying a
higher price for g. less nutritious
meat.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-03-25
Management OF , Young Bull.

A young bull should be kept under
the strictest restraint. Such an ami.
NAL is never safe unless kept in COM
plete subsection. A. regular use OF q
rawhide-on princi ple-and not mere.
ly as punishment for ill conduct is the
only safeguard, so as to keep the ami.
NAL always in dread of it's owner.
Constant work is another mode of
disciplining g. bull, and not only
keeps him orderly out in good
useful condition for service. Only
moderately robust condition is nee
essary; leanness is better than fat,
which soon destroys the breeding val
ue. A ring should be put in the bulls
nose when it is three months old, and
it should be handled at all times with
the greatest caution, and at no time
should it be played with or petted,
Even in play a bull is a fatally danger
Gus animal, and as bad as when in
anger.
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a BIC GUN 5 ! /
- . - f7Iegs1ly
4 Desert ptlon Of 8 British Thaaleror.

~
An Armstrong gun weighing one hun.
dred and ten pounds has recently been
made at the Elswick W orks, II l Eng 3
land, for a new British ship of- war s'a
Bowman. As we are going into the
gun business in this country, the foh
lowing account Of this English mon.
ster will be interesting:
lin length it IS 524 inches, or nearly
a. feet. The inner tube ls OF solid
steel throughout, strengthened BY
jackets of comparatively thin steel
hoops. The breech arrangement Is BY
q solid steel plug. which is pushed in
to position and there secured BY
DIVIDED screw working into the
jacketing which is prolonged
to the rear beyond the gun-tube The
length of the bore is 467 1-2 inches or
80 calibers; and the rifling, which con-
sists of q multitude OF small shallow
grooves, extends for 1912 inches OF
about 80 feet. The diameter of the
bore is 16 Ia inches. The diameter
of the powder chamber is a tritie over
FL inches, and it's capacity 26. 61O Gu
bic inches. The twist OF the rlt1ing
commences with one in 100 calibers,
and increases to one in Sc calibers.
The gun is mounted on fine cast
steel truck, and this runs on six pairs
of Wheels"
The following account OF experiments
with this gun is given:
"The first round was fred with 600
pounds OF Westphalian powder, Of the
class technically known as 'prismatic
No. l Brown and a cylindrical
projectile weighing l, 800 pounds. The
velocity attained was 1855 feet per
second, giving an energy to the pro-
jectile Of about 35, 24O foot tons for
the penetration OF armor. The Sec
ond round hs with O. shot OF like
weight and 700 pounds of the sams
powder, being the largest charge as
yet fired in England. The velocity
attained was 1913 feet per second,
the energy acquired being about 49,
100 foot tons.
'"The third round was with a SINH
lar projectile OF 1900 pounds and a
powder charge Of 500 pounds. The
velocity attained was 2,OO7 feet per
second, and the energy rose to some
$4,000 loot tons. The pressures of
the gases within the chamber of the
gun at the time OF the powder dis
charge were nine tons with the GOO
pound charge, twelve tons with TOO
pounds and fifteen tons with the 500
pound charges. The recoil of the gun
in the last round was controlled by
the hydraulic buffers within fonr feet
six inches. The projectiles are fitted
with copper rings as gas checks. The
inner tube OF the gun was in perfect
condition at the termination of the
days firing. 1t is expected when the
next date OF proof firing is determined,
that powder charges Of $50 pounds,
900 pounds, 925 pounds and $50
pounds will be used, with projectiles
OF ], 600pounds weight. In the latter
case an energy on the projectile OF g.
700 loot tons may be expected to be
developed, capable OF penetrating ar
NOR of more than three feet OF thick.
ness
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-03-25
Points Of PQliteness.

In the street Hat lifted when say
ing "Goodby" or How do you do?''
Also, when Offering a lady a seat or
acknowledging favor. -
Keep step with any one you walk
with. Always precede a lady upstairs,
but ask il you shall precede her in 60
ing through a crowd or public place.
At the street door-Hat of the mo-
ment your step into a private hall.
Let the lady pass first always, un-
less she asks you to precede her.
In theparlor- Stand till every lady in
the room, also older people, are seated.
Rise if q lady enters the room after
you are seated and stand till she takes
seat.
Look people straight in the face
when they are speaking to you.
Let ladies pass through adoor first,
standing aside for them.
In the dining-room-Take your seat
after ladies and elders.
Never play with your knife, ring or
spoon.
Do not take your napkin up in a
bunch IN your hand.
Eat as fast or as slow as others and
finish the course when they do.
Do not ask to be excused before the
others unless thereason is imperative.
Rise when ladies leave the groom and
stand till they are ont.
If they all 60 together the gentle
men stand by the door till ladies
pass.
Speclalrules for the mouth-Smack-
ing the lips and all noise should be
avoided.
If obliged to take anything from the
mouth cover it with your hand or
napkin.
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"BreakfaSt BacOn.1

This is simply bacon used for break
fast, for which it is popular as a side
or extra dish on public tables. The
best is from pigs weighing about 100
pounds when dressed. A good coat
OF lean meat should be left along the
back, and the pigs should be of a breed
which has plenty OF lean in them and
which has been grown to develop it..
One OF the best breeds for bacon and
hams is the Duroc-Jersey. Only the
sides are used and these should be cut
lengthwise, in strips about six inches
wide, or wider, to get even cuts from
the sides. For 100 pounds OF meat
use six pounds salt, four ounces salt
petre and five pounds brown sugar,
which should be mixed together and
the meat rubbed with it and piled
with the flesh sides up. Every three
days it should be rubbed until the
mixture is all absorbed in the meat.
1t is then ready to smoke. The smoke
should be from hard maple, hickory,
birch or corncobs, and be kept up I'M
til the meat is a delicate brown color.
The meat may be packed in pickle
OF the same proportions and be sub
merged in it tor six weeks and then
smoked. For large bacon that is
to be kept through the summer,
one pound more OF salt may be
added. It is best to cure this in
the brine. Each piece OF bacon should
be sewed up in a cotton cloth If sent
to a distance; but if sold near home
this is not necessary. Fancy packers
Of bacon dip the cloths in mixture of
ochre to make them tight. The bacon
pieces should he OF about equal weight
and the weight be marked on the out
side. All this does not make the ba~
con any better, but it pleases the eye
of the people who buy for looks-and
they are the larger number-N. Y.
Tribune.
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= Charitable Red Tapes


too much charity, at least OF the Or
ganized kind, in New York, and a writ
er from that city suggests that ut
might not De bad idea if we had g.
Podsnap society to take the place OF
our corporate charitable societies,
formed,on the plan which Dickens Mr..
Podsnap adopted with. success, for
waving all troublesome matters of hui
mainly behind us and refusing tolook
at them. Here an agent OF the char
ity organization has been arrested for
e1torting $40 from thesick husband OF
a poor woman who went on the streets
with an orguinette to raise money for
her large fanily. .t.
return child that it had taken from
it's parents and sent away to the
country as = condition antecedent to
giving help. / have known OF people
nearly periahing from cold and starva-
ton before these saiaried red tape
benefactors could investigate their
case and and out whether they were
deserving. Heaven save the mark!
Where would the managers OF and
subscribers to these charities be Il
their deserts were rigidly melted out
to then2 The charity organization
society is but the type Of many Others
whose membership wear broadcloth
and brocade, and pass resolutions to
the effect that the poverty which is
brought on helpless women and chill
dren by the drunkenness, vice Or crime
OF their male protectors Is deserved,
and therefore ID not to be assisted.
Yet oven such eminent preachers &C
Dr.. Hall warn tho people not TO give
to the poor except through such un.
sympathic and harsh channels as
this. 3
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with force, thus tending to make the
eet ultimately warmer. When thor
ouehly dry draw on pair Of clean,
we'll warmed hose, put on your boots
and you are ready for q walk or ride
without taking cold.
Rubbing the feet with q little sweet
oil before putting on the stockings is a
still further preventative Of cold. De
troit Free Press,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-03-25

the regiment, ana IN every Otnor regl-
ment, did the same thing. We had
heard sh outing and yelling before, and
had done our full share Of it on occa-
sion, but. never anything like that
which greeted the reading of this dis
patch. From one end Of the camp to
the other the confusion and uproar
! were prodigious. Men laughed and
danced and Rugged one, another, and
rent the air with every kind OF noise
possible to the human voice, pitched
in it's highest key. : 1t was as if the
inmates of score OF lunatic asylums
had been turned loose in those Ten
nesses woods. .. s@s.. =s:. IN
when the yelling had in some de-
gree subsidized, from sheer vocal OK
heastlon, the soldiers began to cast
about for other means to make q
noise. It didn t matter what twas
the more discordant the better, only
so that it helped to swell the awful
din. Meanwhile, all the brass bands
we're playing though nobody could
tell what the tunes were the shrek Of
flies and rattle 81 drums were heard
\ on every hand and the bnglers strain
cd TO make themselves heard until it
seemed as il they would blow their
j heads OF. Then the artillery opened.
Gun after gun Joined in the mighty
Il chorus until every battery ID the corps
!: was sending forth It's thun ders to echo
among the onntains. Regiment after
regiment began to fro their muskets.
The men took the cartridges from
their boxes, poured IN the powder.
damned il the paper for Wadd ding and
Ss blazsd away The balls they threw
apon the ground; there was no fnr-
tier use Tor them. Perhaps you can
q in.a gine the din; but it's more likely
you en- When tho soldiers had
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-11-30
Public sale OF salt Farnace,
Salt. stock or Goods. &c.

BY virtue of an agreement entered into
by and between G.. Y. Roots and A. E.
Smith, they will offer at public sale, at
the Office Of the Liverpool Salt Furnace,
at Hartford City, West Virginia, ON
Tuesday, Glle 9th day OF Decem-
Der, 1857, all thereal estate belonging
20 the said Liverpool Furnace, which in
cludes furnace, 80 acres coal land, rights
of way to and from the same, right of
way from furnace to river, one house
and lot near the furnace. one house and
four lots on Front street in Hartford
City, one lease of the Sehon coal bank,
the stock of goods in the storehouse,
about ), 900 barrels of salt, and about
go, 700 bushels of buIksalt, about 5000
pounds of bromine. iotiof coal cars, all
of the furnace tools, one horse, eight
head mules, one wagon, one cart, a lot
of hoop poles, slaves and heading; It
being the intention to sell all the real
estate, personal property, leases, ETC., OF
every description used and belonging to
the said G.. Y. Roots and A E. Smith, in
the manufacture of salt and bromine at
said Liverpool Salt Furnace. The sale
will be made for cash, to the highest
bidder. Sale at IL O'Clock, a. NJ.
November 26, 1SS7-1We
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A Card.

M. Editor: Pardon me for saying
that my experience with the Agent
Of the 4. & o. depot has been very
different from yours, and SO far from
his refusing to accommodate peo-
pie" 1 must say that have found
him to be very polite, though a per-
feet stranger to Mr.. Dawson. a
short time since 1 had occasion to
send some rye up Kanawba for
seed, and the time for sowing being
about out, it was necessary that it
should go at once. The freight
agent being absent, 1 called ON the
gentleman to whom you refer for
information as to whether the
charges would have to be prepaid.
when he very politely informed me
that they would, but not knowing
the amount, he offered to pay them
himself, which he did ont of his own
pocket, and did not see me for a
week afterwards. Having received
such kindness at his hands. L feel ii
to be due him that 1 should make
this statement.
A SUBSCRIBER.
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James P. Kilbreth,



Guernsey Y. Roots, Albert E. Smith,
Harry P. Piper, James r. Murdoch,
G. n. yancleaf, The Mason City Salt
and Mining Company q Corporation,
james p. Kflbreth, B. F. Brannan, j.
NJ. w. Neff, II. n. Mclean, John W.
Kilbreth, Mordecai NJ. White, Guern-
sey Y. Roots and James P. Kilbreth,
late partners doing business under the
firm name and style of Roots & Kilbreth,
Guernsey Y. Roots Albert Z. Smith and
Harry P. Piper, partners doing business
under the firm name and style of Roots
& Co. In Chancery upon Gross Bill.
The object of this suit is to obtain q
settlement of accounts between the late
firm Of Roots & Kilbreth, composed of
g. Y. Roots and James p. Kilbreth, and
the arm of Roots 4 Co, composed of
G. Y. Roots, A. z. Smith and Harry p.
Piper. and also to obtain decree direct
ing whatever balance may be found due
from the said Arm Of Roots q Co. to said
firm of Roots Il Kilbreth TO be paid over
to them. And it appearing by affidavit
fled that the said defendants Guernsey
Y. Roots, Albert E. Smith, Harry p.
Piper, James r. Murdoch, O. M. Van-
cleaf, James p. Kilbreth, B. F. Brannon,
J. N. W. Neff, N. H. Mclean, John W.
Kilbreth, Mordicai NJ. White and Guern-
sey Y. Roots and James P Kilbreth, late
partners doing business under the firm
name and style of Roots& Kilbreth, and
Guernsey Y. Roots, Albert e. smith and
Harry p. Piper, partners doing business
under the arm name and style of Roots
& Co., are non-residents of this State, the
said defendants are required to appear
here within one month after the date
after the first publication of this order
and do what is necessary to protect their
interests. A copy:
Teste: r. E. MITCHELL, Clerk.
Gum q Gibbons, Hogg & English, Soils.
Nov. 9, 's7-4w
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Ex-senator Jones, of Florida, who
has been a sort of a mystery to the
country through his strange con-
duct in Detroit, is now declared to
be insane. His son has gone to
Detroit to put him in an asylum
on the affidavit of the three ply
sicions. Senator'S Kenna, Beck and
Gibson have pledged fund to
keep him for tho remainder of. his
life. A political disappointment is
said to have caused his insanity.
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John Sherman wants a fair count
of the Southern vote next year. As
it is not impossible that he may be
the Republican candidate then, he
has started out to make the demand
now and he makes it with sweeping
energy. 1t is not out of place to re-
call at this point, however, that the
last "fair eOunt" of this vote, ac-
cording to John Sherman, was held
in 1876 under the able but unscru-
puIous supervision of Hon. Bill
Chandler. Mr.. Sherman is a
"smart" politician, it is true, but he
will never occupy another Cabinet
Office under another B. B. Hayes.
The eight to seven kind of fair
count won't be counted in this
country again.-Er.
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The New York Tribune expects
the Republicans to win in the ma.
tional contest next year through
the addition of votes to be secured
by young men becoming of age
This is an old chestnut. The Re.
publicans have been counting on the
young voters for long while, but
from the returns of the election il
appears that the young voter finds
nothing in the fossil Republican plat
forms nor in the fossil Republican
candidates to command his support
and he usually votes the Demo.
cratic ticket. The young man
doesn't know what the bloody shirt
means, and he will not cast his vote
to perpetuate a thing which has
no application to questions of this
age.
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Lo1feuTIckets Furniah . We'd
ding Outfit.

PORTLAND, Me-, Oct. 19.-South
Portland, just across the harbor, is
all agog over asbit bfromance. For
months Louisiana State Lottery
tickets have been extensively dealt
out here, and few persons have
had windfalls of fortune. A young
man named Cole and his betrothed,
Miss jackson, in somewhat poor
circumstances, concluded to try
their luck, and each paid fifty cents
for one-tenth of whole ticket
AT the October drawing they found,
by reading the schedule of winning
tickets, that theirs had drawn So, 600.
It Is understood that their wedding
cards are now In the, hands of the
printer.-New York Sun, Oct. 20.
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sPEo1AL ooMMIss1oNER,s NorIoE.
S. g. Shaw and q. B. Thomas, Admins
traitors OF the estate of r. Mitchell,

s. g. Shaw and q. B. Thomas, Admins
traitors OF the estate of R. Mitchell,
deceased. vs..
A. A. Hanley, Administrator Of the es-
tate OF Mariah n. Mitchell, deceased,
ct ais. In Chancery.
NOTICE is hereby given to all whom
IN it may concern, that in pursuance
OF two decretal orders of the Mason
County Circuit Court, one entered on
the 18th day of March, 1887, and the
other on the 11th day of May, 1887,
21st day OF December, 1887, at the Office
of Simpson 4 Howard, in the Court
House of Mason county, West Virginia,
proceed to make and state an account
in the above entitled cause, showing:
First. What personal property, money
and bonds came into the hands of said
Administrators of r. Mitchell, deceased.
Second. What disposition they have
made of said property, money and bonds.
Third. What debts they have paid
against said estate, to whom, their ma
ture and amounts.
Fourth. What real estate said r. Nit
chell, died seized and possessed of, what
liens, it any, thereon, their amounts, ma
ture and priorities and to whom paya-
BILE.
Fifth. What disposition has been
made of said real estate, its value, what
the same WAS sold for, what disposition
was made of the proceeds thereof, and
what residue unsold, il any.
Sixth. What dover interest in said
lands said Mariah N. Mitchell was emit
tied thereto, the amount thereof, and
what disposition has been made thereof.
Seventh. What amount, il any, is due
from said Administrators g. B. Thomas
and s. g. Shaw, to the estate of K. Nit
chell, deceased.
Eighth. What amount, if any, is due
from said Administrator q. B. Thomas
and $. G. Shaw, to the estate OF Marian
n. Mitchell, deceased
Ninth. What amount is due said; Rob-
ert w. and E. T. Mitchell from said G..
B. Thomas, surviving Administrator of
the estate of r. Mitchell, deceased, and
said s. q. Shaw, as late Administrator OF
the estate of r. Mitchell, deceased, and
such other matters as any of the parties
hereto may require. or the Commission
er may deem pertinent herein.
Given under my hand this 3lst day of
October, 1887. II. r. H0WARD,sf
nov2-6w. Special Commissioner.
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Politics and Munac-A Little
Conversation Overheard In
the Opera House. Yesterday.
Wheeling Register. Nov. 25th.
aWho is that fine looking gentle
man over in the orchestra circle,
theres"
"That gentleman with full beard2''
AYES.
@That is Hon. a. R. Howard, OF
Point Pleasant, President of the
Board of Directors of the Peniten-
tiary. Don't you know him2,'
mo; but I've heard of him quite
often"
ayes; he is a candidate for Guber-
Material honors at the next election;
at least I understand he has SHE'D
his castor into the ring"
aFrom what I understand he
will undoubtedly mike a great eff
fort if he receives the nomination. y
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-11-30

The national pension committee
of the Grand Army of the Republic
have outlined the measures to be
presented to Congress st the coming
session, in accordance with their re-
port Endorsed by the last general en-,
campment.
The measures are. TheDisabiIity
bill, the equalization of pensions for
the several disabilities as recon-
mended by Commissioner Black; a
pension for all widows of veterans;
pensions for prisoners of war and
for the severely MANNED veterans.
These measures will be in readiness
for presentation to Congress at the
opening of the session.
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And now it is announced that tho
pulpit is about to to commence a
general attack on Sunday newspa-
pers. Ifit was not for the Sunday
newspapers there would be more
idleness and less intelligence. The
Sunday newspapers will care moth
ing for the attack and ministers
who indulge in the folly will loose
favor. The American people are a
reading people and will read Sun
day paper as soon as any other. It
is not always a nice thing to an
tagonize newspapers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-11-30

Our Radical contemporaries who
have been cackling over the gain of
a United States Senator from New
Jersey are considerably off their
bases. The Legislature to be chosen
next fall will elect Senator, and as
New Jersey always goes Democrat
ic in Presidential years it is exceed
ingly probable that the next Leg
isIature will be of that complexion.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-11-30

The Republicans claimed Virginia
by 1000 majority on the popular
vote. The official count, however,
even takes this crumb of comfort
from them, by the figures showing
that Virginia is Democratic by
$500 majority. This settles TIE
"doubtfulness." The South is still
solid.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-11-30

The United States collected by
way of revenue taxes from the peo-
pie last year 500, 0OO, 900 more than
she needed. Reduce the surplus,
and thus reduce taxes.